Hey.....scoot over!

When the sun finally shows itself there is standing room only. I saw no less than 5 logs this full. I only wish the sun had moved a little further around so I could get a little better light on them. C&C Welcome.

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I totally love the whimsy of this shot! I've seen similar scenes, but never had my camera with me. How do they do that?
The only thing I might have done differently, if possible, is move a little more to the left to get the entire length of the log without the flowers in front. Of course, I realize you may not have been able to move any.

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Thanks Frankie, yes I was limited in movement and was happy I was able to get what I did. It is funny to watch them when one decides to move {rarely}, one moves and 3 fall in and have to get in the back of the line or find another log.

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Great shot Paul. I don't mind the angle or the flowers on the right as they give the shot depth and they give the main subject a frame to sit within. The only thing I would have done differently would be open the aperture up a little more to blur the foreground blades of grass a bit more so that they didn't distract as much from the log and it's hitch hikers.

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Originally Posted by Donald

The power of photography to educate. I've never seen such a thing and didn't know such behaviour took place.

What exactly is going on?

Having grown up on a small pond, I used to see this a lot. It's typically just the turtles "sunning". On a nice, warm, sunny day, you can see turtles do this. The "stacking" is more a result of too many turtles and not enough log.

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Thanks everyone. As Frankie said they were sunning. This was the first sunny day in quite a while and it brought all the turtles out at once. I have shots of other logs in the same area with twice as many turtles.